Coin selector



APlll 5 1927' GQF. HOCHRIEM com SELECTOR Fixed Jan. 2. i924 PatentedApr. 5, 1927.

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Application ma znnr'y a, 19:4. serial no. 683,937.

The present improvements relate to means for selecting or separatingcoins according to their respective sizes. A usefulapplication thereofisin connection with coin-con- 5 ti'olled mechanisms in which it isdesirable to operate the device only with c oins of. a predeterminedvalue and where coins of different values have different sizes. Fprinstance there is a material difference in the l0 diametersrespectivelyr of five-cent pieces and one-cent pieces.I

Where a given machine is intended to be operated by a five-cent piece ornickelf it frequently happens that persons will seek 15 to operate themachine with a one-cent piece or penny, so called. An object of thepresent improvements is to provide means for' rejecting the 'one-centpiece in such case while retaining the five-cent piece for operation0ftlie machine. It is a fui'- ther object to provide com-selecting orseparating n iea'ns for` such and analogous uses according to which Vtheselective mechanism may 'be readily adjusted so as to retain coins ofall denominations or-sizes for operation ofthe machine, valuable ininstances A where the machine is intended to be operated by a one-centpiece and persons not having that coin are disposed deposit .a coin of alarger denomination V1n the device to purchase the commodity or derivethe benefit of the transaction, whatever it may be that the machine isintended to accomplish. v 35 The invention has application to other usesand may be variously embodied in view of the teachings herein given.

In the accompanying drawings, whichV form a. part of this specification,Figure 1 is a face view of a` coin chute showmg the improvedconstruction ign a highly .advantageous form; Fig. 2 is an edge view ofthe parts of Fig. 1, portions thereof being broken away in mediallongitudinalsection, and Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1. Y The coin chute body is shown as being of tubular construction,substantially rectangular in cross view, relatively wide, and may beconsidered as being f ormed of sheet metal. A portion of the housing ofthe coincontiolled machine is shown at 10 with an opening 11 `leadinginto the hollow interior of the chute. D

The chute is shown as being first directed downward at the part 12 andthen extends downwardly and forwardly throughout the section 13. At 14 abend is shown in the 'chute'and the section 15 extends verticallytherefrom and at a materially great angle with respect to the line ofdirection of the section 13., From section 15 coins may be dischargedupon a plate 16 pivotally mounted at 17 and constituting part` oftripping mechanism for the coin-controlled device, and the -coin maythereupon fall into the coin receptacle 18 understood to be within thehousing of the machine. It is not necessary here to go into any detailsof such coin-controlled mechanisms as there is a lar e variety of themat the present time we known andfthe present improvements have to doonly with means for selecting av coin or coins adaptedlto operate orcontrol the device. ,l

Just below the bend at 14 and at the upper end of the section 15 thereis provided an opening 20 in what may beterini-d the front wall of thechute. In my practice this opening is of such width that a one-centpiece may pass therethrough, lint is of insufticient width for theescape of a coin of materially larger diameter, for instance `alive-cent piece. The vertical length or height of tlievopening 20 mayvary within S5 wide limits, the principal consideration being `that itbe great enough to vpermit the smaller 'coins to pass through under allconditions of practice. This openingatV 20 is defined at the sides byportions 21 -of the chute overlyingits hollow interior to some extentand constituting .detlecting nicansfor coins ot' the larger diameter.From Fig. 2 it will be seen that a coin as 23 sliding on its. sidedownwardly and forwardly'will continue substantially in that line orpath of travel, for a short-distance at least, beyond the lower end oflthe section- 13 at 24, and since the opening 20 is inline with the pathof inevement of the descending coin as 23 the c'oin will be projectedthrough the opening 20, and away from the chute, if the coin be smallenough to pass through the opening 20. If thel c'oin 'should be directed1, in which case the coin will strikethe deu.

fieeting mcansfat that side; but sincethe' diametrieally-oppositeperipheral portion' of the coin is then materially far removed from Sortof spillir'i'ggf-ont movement, and the rel or obstructing lmeans for theopening 20 sult'isthat invariably' the coin will be provjected out ofthe chute. It will be clear that 1U should 'the chute section 13 beinclined laterally so that coins Would`always descend traveling againsta given edge wall lof the chute the opening as 20 would not need to bethe full .width ot' the coin. Y

In the case of the larger mim-for instance alive-cent piece, the edgewalls ot the chute are so related to. the'deflecting me`ans 2l that nomatter whether the larger coin be directed in a path straight down themiddle. of the chute 13 or at one side thereof both ot' the deflectingelements 2l will engage peripheral portions ot' the coin and retain itwithin the chute, the result being 'that it will descend further andoperate the coincontrllod mechanism. 1n my practice the width of thecoin chute at the section 13 is only a. little greater than the diameterof a live-cent piece while the width of the opening 20 only slightlygreater than the dialn- ,eter ot' a one-cent piece.

I also provide a readily movable closure which is illustrated in theform of a sleeve 26 slidably mounted upon the section l5 of the chutewhereby it may be movedupward vas shown by dotted lines so afs to closethe opening' 20. Means for holding the closurev 26 in position are shown"as a small indentation of the -metal\at 27 made by a prickpunch andbeing so positioned as to engage `the edge portion of the front Wall ofthe chute'at 28 at the opening 20 when the.

closure is moved upward. This lower edge at 28 is preferably slanted0oii inward so that under no circumstances will a coin catchthereatfflVhen the closure is moved ciiically illustrated and describedas fall within the scope of the appended claims. v I claim:

l. A tubular coin chute having a fiat sliding surface arranged to guidecoins moving gravitationally downwarl therein sliding on their sidesrespectively g for delectmg the coins into another path of movement,said deiiectmg means defining `an opening in thedownward path ofmovement of the coins through which relatively small coins may pass loutof the chute While larger coins are deflected into another path ofmovement, and slidable closure means readily vmovable into position toobstruct" said opening.

2. lA coin chute having a downwardlyand-forwardly. extending sectiona'nd a lower section.downwardly extending therefrom at an angle to thelin'e ot' direction of *the firstmentioned section, there being anopeninfr in v the forward wall of said lower section c ose to where thetwo sections come together-and in the line of movement of a' coinvsliding through the first-mentioned section, the chute havingcoin-retaining means at the sides of and defining thewidth'of saidOpening and being adapted to retain in the chute coins ot' a givendiameter, the construction and arrangement being such that coins of agiven smaller diameter passing through the tiret-mentioned portion willbe' discharged through said opening out of the chute, and

a slidable sleeve provided With an .indentation for obstructing -saidopening to retain in the chute coins of the smaller diameter, saidindentation cooperatively engagin one edge of the coin retaining meansde ing the opening.

'GUSTAV F. HOCHRIEM.

and; having means

